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Ajamoda (wild celery seed)

अजमोद · अजमोदा

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
अजमोदाअजमोदखराश्वामयूर
Hindi
अजमोदअजमोदा
English
Ajamodaajamodacelery seed
Romanized
ajamodaajmod

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Properties1

  • Ajamoda leaves are listed among leaf vegetables said to remove kapha, to be hot and to be wholesome in vata disorders.

    Chapter 4 · p. 56 · v. 33Hindi commentaryTraditional description

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Formulations containing it

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Bharangyadi powderDecoction of cardamom and others for kapha fever (unnamed)Kalyana lavana (Kalyana salt)Mahakshayarogantaka gheeMilk cooked with rock salt, asafoetida, pepper, ativisha, ajamoda and dry ginger (unnamed)Paste of patha, ajamoda, black pepper, amalaki and haritaki (unnamed)Sarvavishari antidote (first)Second powder of the hingvadi triad, with musta (unnamed)Shigru root pasteSpiced sour gruel for the ama stage of vata diarrhoea (unnamed)Vidanga avaleha for pandu and kamala

Remedies using it

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Gruel with ajamoda, chitraka and rock saltMilk prepared with ajamoda and rock salt (diet)Rice meal with ajamoda, shatapushpa, ghee and milkTrikatu, asafoetida, ajamoda and rock salt for vata heart disease

Given as vehicle or after-drink

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Taken with or after these preparations.

Shigru root paste

Conditions mentioned with it

29

Conditions named in the preparations that use it, or linked to it directly.

Abdominal distension with retention (anaha)Abdominal lump (gulma)Anaemia (pandu)AshthilaBreathlessness and asthma (shvasa)Consumption (rajayakshma)Cough (kasa)Diarrhoea (atisara)Excessive oleationFever (jvara)Grahani disorder (malabsorption)Haemorrhoids (arsha)Heart disorders (hridroga)Jaundice (kamala)Kapha disordersLiver enlargement (yakridudara)Nodules (granthi)Pain (shula)

Organs and systems mentioned

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AbdomenAnus and rectumBlood and circulationBones, joints and cartilageBrain and nervous systemChestHeart and cardiovascular systemIntestines and colonLiver and hepatobiliary systemLungs and respiratory systemSpleenStomach and digestive systemTestes and male reproductive organsThroat

Other ingredients used together

24

Count of shared preparations.

Rock salt (saindhava)×10Chitraka (white leadwort)×8Maricha (black pepper)×6Trikatu (three pungents)×6Amalaki (Indian gooseberry)×5Hingu (asafoetida)×5Haritaki (chebulic myrobalan)×4Shunthi (dry ginger)×4Patha×4Ela (cardamom)×3Milk (ksheera)×3Musta (nut grass)×3Vidanga (false black pepper)×3Ghee (ghrita)×3Vida salt (vida lavana)×2Black salt (sauvarchala)×2Mahanimba (Persian lilac)×2Chavya×2

Topics of the text that discuss it

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Plant glossary, letter section द (entries 1–20: दर्भ to द्विरज)Plant glossary, letter section म, entries 1–30 (मगधोद्भवा to माणकी)Plant glossary, अ entries 17–33 (अजाजी to अभया)Plant glossary, आ entries 1–21 (आखुकर्णी to आश्मन्तक)Plant glossary, व section, entries 1–53 (वकुला to व्योष)Properties of guhyākṣī and other leaf vegetables

Course sessions

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Grains and other foods, their merits and faults

Plant glossary entries

7
अजगन्धाअजमोदाआजिगन्धिदीपकदीप्यकमयूरविशाली

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 14 times on 8 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

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Quick facts

Content type
Herb
Categories
SpiceSeed
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
8
Chapters
Chapter 4
Extraction tasks
T03
Record id
ingredient_ajamoda